Arcade

ACCRINGTON CHURCH STREET SD 72 NE 7/14 Arcade - - II

Shopping arcade, with shop and office block over Warner Street entrance, c.1880. Arcade on curved plan with glazed roof carried by slim pierced iron braces; panelled pillars separate the shop fronts which have recessed doorways, low panelled aprons to large plate glass window panes (some curved) set in slender wooden colonnettes with crocketed caps from which spring arched glazing bars; and, above these, bands of square windows containing leaded stained glass. Office block to Warner St. of red brick with white Terracotta dressings, slate roof; seven bays and 3½ storeys, the centre 3 bays (which bridge the arcade entrance) having a tall gabled attic with a lunette and various terracotta decorations, the left end a wagon arch, and the right end a round-headed doorway with swagged terracotta lintel. Two original shop windows at ground floor; above, most windows blocked or altered, but those at right are sashed with glazing bars.

Listing NGR: SD7609428474